Typographical composing-machine.



J. MAYER.

TYPOGRAPHIGAL GOMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 11, 1910.

1,085,925. Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

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TYPOGRAPHICAL GOMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 11, 1910.

1,085,925. Patented Feb. 3, 19m

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UNITED STATES JACQUES MAYER, OF BERLIN, GERMANY,.

ASSIGNOR TO MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPO SIN G-MACHIN E.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

Application filed November 11, 1910. Serial No. 591,786.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACQUES MAYER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at 23 Chausseestrasse, Berlin, N. 4, in the Empire of Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Typographical Composing-Machines, of WhlCll the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in typographical composing machines, and particularly to those machines which are known commercially undervthe trade mark Linotype, and more particularly it relates to those machines employing matrices which are provided with multiple faces, one nor-, mal and another or others variant, either of which can be presented in the line of composition.

The invention consists in, among other features, improved means for assembling the multiple face matrices at the respective heights, according to which face is to be presented in the line of composition, in whatis known in the above particulari zed machine, as the assembler elevator. Hitherto in these machines, arranged for using multiple face matrices, there has been provided a special matrix-supporting ledge or shelf for each of the variant faces with which the matrices are provided, these in addition to the ordinary ledge for supporting thennatrices im their lowest'as seiilbling position, and each of those shelves at its receiving end has been provided with a portion capable of being retracted so as to allow the assembling matricesto be received on the next lower shelf.

By the present invention, as compared with existingarrangements, a great simplification is obtained inasmuch as like results are secured by the use of a single adjustable shelf in the assembler elevator, this shelf being caused to project to a variable extent into the assembler elevator channel and to intercept the descent of the matrices at varying heights according to the particular faces they are to present in the composed line.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure 1 is an elevation as seen from the rear of the machine, of thefront of the assembler elevator, and other parts associated therewith, or adjacent thereto; Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical sections of the assembler elevator as seen from the left hand side of the machine,showing the adjustable shelf in two different positions of adjustment; Figs. 4, 5v and 6 are elevations of different constructions of matrices according to this invention; Fig. 7 is a view corresponding to Fig. 2 of an assembler elevator of a machine adapted for composing matrices of the construction shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 8 is a vertical section, and Fig. 9 a sectional elevation on the-line 9-9 of Fig. 8, of the line delivery channel of the said machine adapted for composing matrices such as shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 10 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1, of the assembler elevator adapted for assembling matrices such as shown in Fig. 6, and Figs. 11 and 12 are vertical sections, respectively corresponding to Figs. 2 and 3, of the assembler elevator shown in Fig. 10.

In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 which is designed to deal with twoface matrices of the construction shown in vator, 2 the channel of such elevator within which the matrices 3 are assembled in order of-'composition along with the spacers which form the spaces between adjacent words; the

because they arg mt directly concerned in thepresent invention.

4 is a part of the ordinary assembler belt: a part of the lower of the two pulleys around which the belt 4 travels; 6 the. ordi nary guide which directs the matrices 3 from the belt 4 to the front of the rotating star wheel 7 which moves the assembling line through the assembler elevator 1 against the influence of the line resistant 8. All the foregoing parts except the matrices 3 are of ordinary well-known construction and operate in the usual way.

9 is a ledge or shelf projecting into the channel 2 and extending along the greater part of the assembler elevator 1, this shelf being as heretofore either a fixture on the front part of the elevator or retractable into that part so as to be capable of withdrawal from the channel 2. i

10 is a short ledge or shelf alining with the longer shelf 9 and 'forminga continuation or rightward extension of the receiving end of that shelf.

11. is a lever pivoted near its center to the Fig. 4, 1 indicates part of the assembler elcspacers are not represented in the drawings front of the assembler elevator 1 and at its lug or projection on the lever, which by abutting against the front of the assembler elevator 1, as shown in Fig. 3, constitutes a stop for limiting the forward movement of the shelf 10' relatively to the channel 2.

Referring particularly to Fig. 4; 14 and 15 are the two alternative face formative cavities of the matrix 3; 16, 17 the front and rear bottom lugs thereof respectively, and 18 the rear top lug, all of which are as in ordinary matrices of the same description. In these said ordinary matrices, however, the front top lug is enerally a replica of the rear top lug as in the example illustrated in Fig. 6, but in the matrix shown in Fig. 4: this said front top lug is formed into, or substituted by two lugs, 19, 20. Of these two lugs 19, 20, the lower one 19, has its under surface preferably in the same horizonal plane as that containing the corresponding surface of the rear top lug 18, and this said surface is situated at a distance from the under surface of the lug 2O corresponding to the distance between the bases of the character faces of the formative cavities 14, 15. The lug 19 projects from the body of the matrix 3 to a less extent than does the lug 20, and between these two lugs I there exists a recess 21 of a depth su'flicient to accommodate the shelf 9 this latter extending into the channel 2 as far as does the shelf 10 when in its rearmost position.

When, with the foregoing devices, it is desired that the matrices shall be assembled at the higher'level to present the formative cavities 14 in the composed line, the shelf 10 is moved into its rearmost position in which it is shown in Fig. 2, so that as the said'matrices are in turn brought by the star wheel 7 from the inclined position in which one is shown in dot-and-dash lines in Fig. 1, to the vertical position, the said matrices descend in the assembler elevator 1 until the lugs 19 reach the shelf 10 from which they afterward are moved on to the shelf 9 which thereafter by engaging with the same lugs 19 serves to support them at the same helght as the shelf 10 had previously done. When it is desired that the matrices*3 shall be'assembled at the lower level to present their formative cavities 15in the line of composition, the shelf .10 is moved into its foremost position in which it is" shown in Fig. 3, so that as the said matrices are, in turn, brought fromthe inclined to the vertical position, they descend in the assembler elevator 1, until the lugs 20 come to bear on the shelf 10, the lugs 19, by reason of their-less projection, having meanwhile descended past the shelf 10. As the matrices 3 are in turn moved by vthe star wheel 7 oil' the shelf 10, their lugs 20 travel along the top of the shelf 9 which thus continues to support them in their lower position.

When a mixed line has to be assembled, that is to say a line having matrices in both the higher and the lower levels, as is indicated for example in Figs. 1 and 3, then the shelf 10 is moved from one to the other of its two terminal positions according to which of the particular levels the matrices are to be assembled at. When the composed line leaves the assembler elevator 1 to be dealt with by the other organs of the machine prior to their ultimate distribution they are held at their respective levels by the usual means.

The arrangement shown in Fig. 7 provides for a selection of three different type faces from one font of matrices 3 each of which latter, for this purpose, is provided with three formative cavities 22,23, 24 in its rear edge and with three steps or lugs 25, 26, 27 on its front edge as shown best in Fig. 5. The under surfaces of the lugs 25, 26, 27 are at less distances apart than are the bases of the character faces of the formative cavities 22, 23, 24, and these triple face matrices are therefore not assembled in the assembler elevator l at thesame relative hei hts which they must afterward be caused to assume in the composed line, special means hereinafter described, being provided for causing the said matrices to afterward so assume their proper relative heights. In this arrangement the movable shelf 10 is capable of be ing projected into the channel 2 to three different extents, that of the greatest projection for engaging wit-h the lugs 25 when the lowest formative cavities 22 are to be presented in the composed line, that of the intermediate projection for engaging with the lugs 26 when the middle formative cavities 23 are to be presented in the composed line, and that of the least projection for, engaging with the lugs 27 when the uppermost formative cavities 24: are to be presented in the composed line. For enabling the shelf 10 to be readily adjusted to, and secured in, its three different positions, the lever 28 pivoted toits front edge may be provided with a spring detent 29 which is capable of yieldingly engaging with one or other of a series of perforations or depressions in a bracket 30 fast to the front of the assembler-elevator 1; or other means may be provided for the last named purpose. When the line of matrices 3 is moved out of the assembler elevator 1 it passes into and through a channel 31 known as the line delivery channel, and it is in this channel that according to the present invention, the matrices of the three different levels are caused to assume the vertical positions necessary for presenting the respective formative cavities 22 or 23 or 24 in alinement with each other. For this purpose the said channel 31 is provided with three sets of guide rails 32, 33, 34: the supporting surfaces of which, at their receiving ends are at distances apart (an-responding with the vertical distances apart of the lugs 25, 26, 27, and at their delivery ends are at distances apart corresponding with the distances, base line to bas line, of the character faces of the formative cavities 22, 23,24. Thelowes't rail 32 is horizontal, and the upper rails 33, 34 incline upward the middle rail 33 less than the uppermost one 34. By these means the matrices 3 passing from right to left through the line delivery channel 31, are gradually spread apart in a vertical direction until at the left hand end of the said channel, they assume their proper relative positions with regard to the particular formative cavities 22, 23, 24 which are to be presented in the coillpflscd line, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 9. The last described arrangement is not necessarily limited to the use of the triple face matrices but can be employed in connection with matrices having more than three faces.

In the arrangement shown in Figs. 6, 10, 11 and 12, whichis a variant of that described with reference to Figs. 1, 2, Band 4, the shelves 9 and 10 differ from those in the earlier described example only in respect of their height in the assembler elevator 1, theybeing, in the example new under review, at alower level and adapted to'support. the matrices in their higher position by means of the lower rear lug 85, and in their lower position by means of a special lug 36 just above the lug The two lugs 35, 36 are positioned relatively to each other and 'are separated by an intervening recess 37 in precisely the same manner as are the corresponding lugs 19, 20, by the recess 21 of Figs. 1 to 4, and that being the case it is believed that the arrangement shown in Figs. 10, 11 and 1.2 will now be sufficiently well understood to render further description thereof unnecessary.

I-laving described my invention, I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a typographical composing machine adapted to compose adjacent matrices at respoctively different levels, the combination with the channel in which the matrices are assembled in order of composition, and a .shelf adapted to project into the channel and arrest the descent of the matrices thereinto, of means operatively connected with the said shelf adapted to project it into the channel to different definite extents, stops operative for determining the said extents of rojection, and means whereby, at these di erent extents of projection the said shelf is caused to arrest the matrices at respectively different levels.

2. I11 a typographical composing machine adapted to compose adjacent matrices at respectively different levels, the combination with the channel in which the matrices are assembled in order of composition, and a shelf adapted to project into the channel and means operatively connected with the said shelf adapted to project it into the channel to different definite extents, stops on these means operative for determining the said extents of projection, and means whereby, at these different extents of projection the said shelf is caused to arrest the matrices at respectively different levels, of a shelf independent of, but alined with, the adjustable shelf, and projecting into the channel to an extent corresponding with the maximum extent of projection thereinto of the said adjustable shelf.

3. In a typographical composing machine the combination with a channel in which character matrices are assembled in their order of composition, and with a line delivery channel adapted to receive the assembled line from the first named channel, of divergent matrix-supporting rails in the line delivery channel arranged at different heights,

along which the matrices are moved and when so moved are displaced relatively to each other.

4. In a typographical composing maclnne adapted to compose adjacent matrices at respectively different levels, the combination with the channel in which the matrices are. assembled in order of composition, and a shelf adapted to project into the channel and means operatively connected with the said shelf adapted to project it into the channel to different definite extents, stops on these means operative for determining the said extents of projection and means whereby, at these different extents of projection the said shelf is caused to arrest the matrices at respectively diflerent levels, of a matrix having a plurality of character faces and a corresponding plurality of supporting lugs each respectively adapted to engage with the adjustable shelf in one of its different positions of adjustment.

5. In a typographical composing machine comprising multiple letter matrices, the assembler provided with means to arrest the -matrices at different levels, the said arresting means adapted to be projected into the assembler to different extents.

6. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of an assembler provided with means to arrest the matrices at different levels, with matrices formed with projections of different extent to engage the said arresting means.

' 7. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of the assembler with the line delivery channel, the said channel being provided with means to support character matrices at different heights and arranged to cause the matrices to be displaced relatively to each other during their passage therethrough.

8. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of means for setting character matrices at different relative levels,

and additional means for subsequently causing them to assume other difi'erent relative levels prior to the casting operation.

9. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of means for assembling character matrices at different relative levels and means for altering their relative levels during their passage through the machine and pr10r to the casting operation.

10. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of means for supporting character matrices at different relative levels prior to the casting operation, means for supporting them at other difierent relative levels prior to the casting operation, and intermediate devices for insuring the proper delivery of the matrices from the first to the second means.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

JACQUES MAYER.

Witnesses HENRY HAsPnR, WOLDEMAR HAUPT. 

